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Monetizing Misery: Startling Abuses in Debt Collections
MAY 17, 2012 8:30AM
Topics: : business, collections, student debt, abuse of privacy, accretive health inc., minnesota attorney general lori swanson, minneapolis star tribune, glenn howatt, maura lerner, educational credit management corporation, ecmc, dr. dave moen, ceo mark eustis, joshua mandelman, john hechinger, ceo richard boyle, rahm emanuel, deregulation, patient privacy, fairview health services
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Constabulary Notes from Suburbia
OCTOBER 24, 2011 9:20PM
Topics: true confession, human rights, minneapolis star tribune, humor, police blotter, weird news, comedy
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Michele Bachmann’s Last Laugh
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 8:39AM
Topics: bachmann candidacy fails, religious right, tony kennedy, iowa straw poll, hurricane remark, barack obama, mitt romney, ron paul, rick perry, us news.com, kenneth t. walsh, minneapolis star tribune, alice stewart, michele bachmann, republican primary race, politics
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Shooting First in Minnesota
MAY 12, 2011 8:31AM
Topics: politics, gun rights, minnesota omnibus gun bill, hf1467, michele bachmann, minnesota legislature, castle doctrine, expanding the castle doctrine, shoot first bill, an armed society is a polite society, nra, national rifle association, chaska police chief scott knight, scott hain, meleanie hain, minnesota chiefs of police association, minneapolis star tribune, pennsylvania state representative scott perry, dakota county attorney james backstrom, gun lobby, 2nd amendment
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Food Stamps Soar, Jobs Offshore
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 8:27AM
Topics: muckrock food stamp article, economy, finance, recession, economic meltdown, food stamps, snap, supplmentary nutrition assistance program, growth in food stamps, polaris, offshoring, manufacturing, recovery, hunger in america, whirlpool, dell, pipestone wind turbine plant, suzlon, minneapolis star tribune, “the old world”, india, china, brazil, atvs, u.s. manufacturing in mexico, economic policy institute, massey energy, job-based economy, ted c. fishman, “polaris exec defends plan to shift some manufacturing to mexico”, “numbers on food stamps are soaring”, “in u.s., 14% rely on food stamps”, “these families shop when aid arrives”, new york times, wall street journal
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Secessionist Fantasies in Bloom
APRIL 15, 2010 8:30AM
Topics: michael c. dorf, fred morrison professor of law, secession, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, minnesota politicscelebration of the confederacy, sovereignty of states, states rights, article vii, article iv, party of lincoln flirts with a house-divided resolution, lori sturdevant, minneapolis star tribune, dallas morning news, minnesota republican party, resolution of secession, emily conley, governor rick perry, texas v. white, articles of confederation, south carolina monument to the ordinance of secession, slavery, civil war, tea party, mayor keith summey, magical thinking, politics, belief/religion
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Negativland’s “Helter Stupid” 20 Years Later
DECEMBER 20, 2009 11:42PM
Topics: ac/dc, associated press, austin, bernard brom, brothers johnson, cascade township, charles von wald, christianity is stupid, controversy, dave mcelhatton, david brom, diane brom, dick jordan, dick vaughn presents, dispepsi, escape from noise, estus pirkle, federal authority, hal eisner, helter skelter, helter stupid, island records, it’s all in your head fm, james walsh, joe brom, john lennon, lenny bruce, lourdes roman catholic high school, mark hosler, minneapolis star tribune, minnesota, minnesota correctional facility, minnesota court of appeals, murder, negativland, oaks treatment center, olmsted county, onward christian athletes, orange county register, ozzy osbourne, paulette brom, race war, religions inc., richard ramirez, rick brom, rochester, rolling stone, rolling stones, san francisco chronicle, sst, stillwater, strawberry letter 23, suicide solution, texas, the beatles, the perfect cut, their satanic majesties request, thigmotactic, tom krattenmaker, u2, village voice, w.a.s.p., white album, white rabbit and a dog named gidget
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